Business Administration & Management at Sonoma State University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Sonoma State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and has a total student population of 8,018. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 403 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from SSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

SSU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

SSU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at SSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at SSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	85
	123
	141
	183
	188
	224
	240
	249
	293
	304
	343
	387
	448
	605
	738

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in business administration from SSU. This makes it the #448 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SSU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at SSU is $48,133. This is 16% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at SSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Sonoma State University.

SSU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 403 business administration majors earned their bachelor's degree from SSU. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	132
White	185
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

SSU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from SSU in 2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from SSU, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	35
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SSU also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

The following business administration concentations are available at Sonoma State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sonoma State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	465

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.